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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1915
Page
4
A sale listing a stock of porch furniture and related items with drastic price reductions. Items include Natural Maple rockers and chairs, oak rockers, mission swings, fiber rush sets, tables, and cane glass chairs. Previous prices shown next to sale prices. discontinued lines except French Willow.
Advertises Sinclair porch furniture noting strength and comfort with double hand woven caning. Maple frames finished natural with three coats of varnish, oak frames green finish. Porches may stay out all winter without warping or rusting. Line advertised as reduced about one fourth.
San Francisco August 13 Former Governor John Slaton of Georgia condemns Atlanta Mayor J G Woodward for his remarks on Leo M Frank case calling Woodwards comments old and garrulous political football He says such statements fuel mob impulses and undermine law and order. Woodward replies in a San Francisco banquet address August 18 saying Frank suffered the harsh penalty for the crime and warning Slaton not to return to Georgia.
A dated advertisement warns that calomel harms the liver and causes cramps and nausea. It touts Dodgon's Liver Tone as a harmless vegetable substitute that quickly improves energy, mood, and appetite without salivation or sickness, claiming a money-back guarantee.
Dr Guy D Compton Rhyalcian of the state penitentiary in Milledgeville Ga frames a statement denying circulating reports condemning prison management and officials He rejects claims of mistreatment and warns of revenge motives while expressing readiness for further clarifications tied to Mary Phagan case and Georgia politics.
The Marietta sheriff speaks of mob violence that lynched Leo Frank and notes few men present. A coroner's inquest was delayed, state authorities eyed action, and officials pledged cooperation while indicating no immediate steps. Warden James Smith said resistance was lacking as Frank’s body traveled toward Washington and Brooklyn for funeral services.
The National Association of Mercantile Agencies today elected officers in Duluth Minnesota. Samuel Rozenfeldt of St Louis was named president with E Dowling of Detroit as first vice president O C Parker of Minneapolis as second vice president and W S Radway of Henton as third vice president W H Thompson of New York was chosen secretary. The next convention will be held in New York.
San Francisco on August 18 James K Lynch vice president of the American Bankers Association told the American Institute of Banking that bankers concealment of their business from the public fosters short sightedness. He urged bankers to make their operations an open part of wealth production and distribution.
New York August 13 United States Steel Corp officials confirm a report that an order for 65 000 tons of steel rails has been received from Hussis likely for the Trans Siberian road. Additional orders for 0 000 tons are placed with Pennsylvania Steel and its Maryland Steel unit at a price over 28 dollars per ton.
Day ten report shows Hart directing Gordon street teardown for five new paving despite Georgia Railway and Power Company’s refusal to lay a concrete foundation under its tracks. Company plans to challenge the ordinance as undue hardship in court while city proceeds with paving. Also reports a flood of property transfers including Mrs. Birdie V. Gorman selling to C. H. Ashford and numerous lot transactions across Atlanta, with street corner properties and multiple dates noted.
A fragmented OCR batch lists multiple real estate deeds and transfers dated August 1915 to 1918. Entries name guardians, executors, and trustees conveying lots and fractions in various streets, with prices and parcel sizes, including streets like North Jackson, Fifteenth, Bradley, and Fortress, and mentions of guardians’ deeds and executor’s deeds and associated entities.
A ledger style summary lists property transfers with dates from 1915 to 1925 including F Flowers to Minnie W Robinson and J H Porter to Ada J McLeod among others, detailing lot locations near The Prado and McLeod Marion avenues, plus numerous building permits such as repairs at 74 Glenwood Avenue and a University Club remodel.
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